Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including the “Brutalist” soundtrack, the soprano Barbara Hannigan and Strauss singers at the Met Opera.

Top 100 comes from ‌Apple Music‌ Classical streams, ‌Apple Music‌ streams, iTunes downloads, iTunes song sales, and Shazam tags.

Apple Music Classical, Apple’s dedicated streaming app for classical music fans, has debuted a new Top 100 albums chart inside the app.

The influence on the music itself was transformative. Mainstream music was soon pervaded by miniature forms that could be memorized—the four-minute song, not the 40-minute symphony.

Critic Justin Davidson recommends the most exciting classical-music programming at a variety of venues, from Geffen Hall to the Met Opera to Zankel Hall.